Creating a winter landscape

9:25 AM,
Nov. 15, 2013

Written by

Denny McKeown
Enquirer contributor

The first snowflakes of the season fell this past week. This was a blunt reminder that winter is coming soon. For most people, the landscape loses all interest when the last of the colorful leaves hit the ground. With the right selection of plants your landscape can actually create interest even in the winter months.

When you think of winter appeal the first thing that comes to mind are evergreens. Living up to their description, evergreens maintain their green foliage throughout the year. Evergreens do keep the landscape from becoming a blank screen. Evergreens need to be selectively ...